Soul Samba 70!

Now that much of the best Brazilian bossa nova, samba-jazz and tropicalia has been strip-mined, the digging for rare James Brown-inspired Brazilian funk fusions is in progress. First to market is the patchy Soul Samba 70!, compiled by Bossacucanova DJ Dalua, Ziriguiboom label boss Béco Dranoff and Marc Hollander Harris, which presents a few genuine groovers like Dom Salvador's Guanabara, Trio Mocot's Que Nega E Essa and Banda Black Rio disco classic Maria Fumaça, along with decent tracks by Elis Regina, Gal Costa and Wanderléa that simply don't fit the theme.